Furring device



June 8 1926.

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UhllTED WALTER B. rnancrs, or canteen, CALIFORNIA.

surname DEVICE.

Application filed April 6, 1925. $$eria1 No. 21,027.

The invention relates to a device for use in supporting metallic fabric on a wall in spaced relation therefrom.

An object of the invention is to provide a device of the character described which is independent of the fabric structure and is adapted to be secured to the fabric at a de sired point thereof prior to the application of the fabric to the wall.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of the character described which when applied to the fabric will not in any way affect its transverse flexibility.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of the character described which is of unitary structure requiring a minimum of material therein.

The invention possesses other advantageous features, some of which with the foregoing, will be set forth at length in the following description, where I shall outline in full that form of the invention which T have selected for illustration in the drawings accompanying and forming part of the present description. In said drawings I have shown one form of the device embodying my in-- vention. but it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to such form, since the invention, as set forth in the claims, may be embodied in a plurality of forms.

Referring to said drawings:

Figure 1 is a view of a portion of a strip of wire netting with the furring devices attached thereto.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of a portion of the netting and an applied device.

Fig. 3 is a section through the netting and the associated sheathing, showing the furring device spacing the netting from the sheathing.

Briefly expressed, the device of my invention comprises a unitary spacing member arranged to be lath, or reinforcing fabric, following the manufacture thereof and prior to its application. The device is adapted to be fixedly secured to the strands of the fabric in such manner that it is held in spaced relation from the plane of the fabric, and is also adapted to be secured to a surface to hold the fabric in spaced relation therefrom in dependently of its fastening to the strands which carry it.

In the present embodiment of my invention, I provide a U-shaped furring member '7 formed of a single piece of metal and havsecured to a sheet of metallic ing spacing portions 8 and a cross portion 9. The portions 8, it will be noted, are prcferably at rightangles to the portion 9, and define a plane which will hereinafter be referred to as the plane of the furring memher. Preferably formed at the extremities of the portions 8 are loops 11 which are arranged to enclose and preferably grip the strands of the fabric 12 to which the device is primarily secured. As here shown, the

frabric 12 is formed of twisted pairs of wire and lying parallel to the edges of the fabric sheet. The loops 11 of a fastener are preferably formed in coplanar relation with. the plane of the furring member and when gripped about transversely aligned strands 14;, will cause the furring member 7 to be normally held extending outwardly from the fabric at substantially right angles thereto. It will now be noted that with the members 7 thus secured to the fabric in transverse relation thereto, the rolling up of the fabric is permitted so that the members 7 may be secured thereto at the place and time of manufacture of the wire and the wire then rolled for shipment.

In order that the members 7 may serve as a means for securing the fabric to a wall as well as spacing it therefrom, means are provided in the portion 9 of the member 7 for securing the latter to a wall. As here shown, the portion 9 is formed with an integral loop portion 16 through which a nail 17 is arranged to be passed for securing the member 7 to a wall 18. The loop 16 is preferably formed to define a plane perpendicular to that of the furring member so that when the fabric and attached furring members are placed against a wall, the loops 16 will lie substantially flat thereagainst and may be simply secured to the wall by means of the nail 17 driven therethrough into the wall. As here shown, the loop 16 is positioned nearer one end of the member portion 9, so that driving of the nail may be facilitated by having the loop lie beneath a mesh opening rather than beneath a strand, it being noted that the member 7 is preferably connected between alternate strands 14 to provide for greater independence in the functioning of the spacing portions 8. l Vhile the loop is here shown as comprising a complete turn of the material of the portion 9, it will be obvious that the loop might I formed with an hexagonal mesh havlng certain strands 14 thereof be formed other manners Without detracting from its function. p a

The furring member 7 is preferably formed of a single piece of wire, bent on itself to form the loop 16 and bent over at its ends to tightly engage the twisted strands 14. The wire is of sufficiently heavy gauge to lend rigidity to the furring memher, so that.- it will supportthe net-ting and hold it in spaced relation? to tl'i-e- Wall or sheathing;

It Will now'be noted that a spacing meme ber has been provided which is; independent of the fabric structure, maybe attached to the fabric prior to' -its" application and is arranged to be attached to a supporting surface in such manner that the proper spacing of the fabric from the surfacewi-ll be: maintained. Furthermore, the unitary nature of the device permits the transverse bending of the fabric in all directions so that it may readily be fittBfltO curved or irregular surfaces;

I claim: 7

1. Means for furri-n-g metallic fabric comprising' a u-shaped member formed of a singlepiece of wire-having looped ends and arranged to be secured by its ends about strandsrofthe fabric, and means-arranged in the midpart of the member for'securing it against asurface.

2; Means for furring metallic fabric CODI- prising an integral U-shaped" member, means at-the ends-of the member for securing. saidmember to strands of the fabric, and a loop provided in the midpart of the member arranged to receive the shank of a nail for securing the member to a surface;

3.v Means for furring metallic fabric comprisinga U-shaped member, loops at the ends oft-he member encircling strands of the fabric extending transversely of the plane of the member, and a nail receiving loop formed in the midpart of the member and integral therewith, the plane of said loop being at right angles to the plane of the member.

The combination with metallic wire fabric of wire furring members secured thereto at a pluralityof spaced points, each furring member comprising a single piece of wire bent over at its ends to clinch strands of the wire fabric, the body of the furrin'g member being spaced from the pla'ne of the fabric and the wire of said body portion being bent on: itself to form a loop which registers with an aperture in the wire fabric. a

5. Means for supporting, metallic fabric comprising a wire havingv three unequally spaced loops, therein,: the two end loops being contained in one plane at right angles to the metallic fabric and the intermediate loop? being contained in a plane parallel with the metallic fabric.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

WALTER B. FRANCIS. 

